Luke 14
1 On one occasion, as Jesus was going, on a Sabbath into the house of one of the leading Pharisees to dine, they were watching him closely.
anantaraM vizrAmavArE yIzau pradhAnasya phirUzinO gRhE bhOktuM gatavati tE taM vIkSitum ArEbhirE|
2 There he saw before him a man who was suffering from dropsy.
tadA jalOdarI tasya sammukhE sthitaH|
3 “Is it allowable,” said Jesus, addressing the Students of the Law and the Pharisees, “to work a cure on the Sabbath, or is it not?”
tataH sa vyavasthApakAn phirUzinazca papraccha, vizrAmavArE svAsthyaM karttavyaM na vA? tatastE kimapi na pratyUcuH|
4 They remained silent. Jesus took hold of the man and cured him, and sent him away.
tadA sa taM rOgiNaM svasthaM kRtvA visasarja;
5 And he said to them: “Which of you, finding that his son or his ox has fallen into a well, will not immediately pull him out on the Sabbath Day?”
tAnuvAca ca yuSmAkaM kasyacid garddabhO vRSabhO vA cEd garttE patati tarhi vizrAmavArE tatkSaNaM sa kiM taM nOtthApayiSyati?
6 And they could not make any answer to that.
tatastE kathAyA EtasyAH kimapi prativaktuM na zEkuH|
7 Observing that the guests were choosing the best places for themselves, Jesus told them this parable —
aparanjca pradhAnasthAnamanOnItatvakaraNaM vilOkya sa nimantritAn EtadupadEzakathAM jagAda,
8 “When you are invited by any one to a wedding banquet, do not seat yourself in the best place, for fear that some one of higher rank should have been invited by your host;
tvaM vivAhAdibhOjyESu nimantritaH san pradhAnasthAnE mOpAvEkSIH| tvattO gauravAnvitanimantritajana AyAtE
9 and he who invited you both will come and say to you ‘Make room for this man,’ and then you will begin in confusion to take the lowest place.
nimantrayitAgatya manuSyAyaitasmai sthAnaM dEhIti vAkyaM cEd vakSyati tarhi tvaM sagkucitO bhUtvA sthAna itarasmin upavESTum udyaMsyasi|
10 No, when you are invited, go and take the lowest place, so that, when he who has invited you comes, he may say to you ‘Friend, come higher up’; and then you will be honoured in the eyes of all your fellow-guests.
asmAt kAraNAdEva tvaM nimantritO gatvA'pradhAnasthAna upaviza, tatO nimantrayitAgatya vadiSyati, hE bandhO prOccasthAnaM gatvOpaviza, tathA sati bhOjanOpaviSTAnAM sakalAnAM sAkSAt tvaM mAnyO bhaviSyasi|
11 For every one who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
yaH kazcit svamunnamayati sa namayiSyatE, kintu yaH kazcit svaM namayati sa unnamayiSyatE|
12 Then Jesus went on to say to the man who had invited him: “When you give a breakfast or a dinner, do not ask your friends, or your brothers, or your relations, or rich neighbours, for fear that they should invite you in return, and so you should be repaid.
tadA sa nimantrayitAraM janamapi jagAda, madhyAhnE rAtrau vA bhOjyE kRtE nijabandhugaNO vA bhrAtRgaNO vA jnjAtigaNO vA dhanigaNO vA samIpavAsigaNO vA EtAn na nimantraya, tathA kRtE cEt tE tvAM nimantrayiSyanti, tarhi parizOdhO bhaviSyati|
13 No, when you entertain, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;
kintu yadA bhEjyaM karOSi tadA daridrazuSkakarakhanjjAndhAn nimantraya,
14 and then you will be happy indeed, since they cannot recompense you; for you shall be recompensed at the resurrection of the good.”
tata AziSaM lapsyasE, tESu parizOdhaM karttumazaknuvatsu zmazAnAddhArmmikAnAmutthAnakAlE tvaM phalAM lapsyasE|
15 One of the guests heard what he said and exclaimed: “Happy will he be who shall eat bread in the Kingdom of God!”
anantaraM tAM kathAM nizamya bhOjanOpaviSTaH kazcit kathayAmAsa, yO jana Izvarasya rAjyE bhOktuM lapsyatE saEva dhanyaH|
16 But Jesus said to him: “A man was once giving a great dinner. He invited many people,
tataH sa uvAca, kazcit janO rAtrau bhEjyaM kRtvA bahUn nimantrayAmAsa|
17 and sent his servant, when it was time for the dinner, to say to those who had been invited ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’
tatO bhOjanasamayE nimantritalOkAn AhvAtuM dAsadvArA kathayAmAsa, khadyadravyANi sarvvANi samAsAditAni santi, yUyamAgacchata|
18 They all with one accord began to ask to be excused. The first man said to the servant ‘I have bought a field and am obliged to go and look at it. I must ask you to consider me excused.’
kintu tE sarvva EkaikaM chalaM kRtvA kSamAM prArthayAnjcakrirE| prathamO janaH kathayAmAsa, kSEtramEkaM krItavAnahaM tadEva draSTuM mayA gantavyam, ataEva mAM kSantuM taM nivEdaya|
19 The next said ‘I have bought five pairs of bullocks, and I am on my way to try them. I must ask you to consider me excused’;
anyO janaH kathayAmAsa, dazavRSAnahaM krItavAn tAn parIkSituM yAmi tasmAdEva mAM kSantuM taM nivEdaya|
20 while the next said ‘I am just married, and for that reason I am unable to come.’
aparaH kathayAmAsa, vyUPhavAnahaM tasmAt kAraNAd yAtuM na zaknOmi|
21 On his return the servant told his master all these answers. Then in anger the owner of the house said to his servant ‘Go out at once into the streets and alleys of the town, and bring in here the poor, and the crippled, and the blind, and the lame.’
pazcAt sa dAsO gatvA nijaprabhOH sAkSAt sarvvavRttAntaM nivEdayAmAsa, tatOsau gRhapatiH kupitvA svadAsaM vyAjahAra, tvaM satvaraM nagarasya sannivEzAn mArgAMzca gatvA daridrazuSkakarakhanjjAndhAn atrAnaya|
22 Presently the servant said ‘Sir, your order has been carried out, and still there is room.’
tatO dAsO'vadat, hE prabhO bhavata AjnjAnusArENAkriyata tathApi sthAnamasti|
23 ‘Go out,’ the master said, ‘into the roads and hedgerows, and make people come in, so that my house may be filled;
tadA prabhuH puna rdAsAyAkathayat, rAjapathAn vRkSamUlAni ca yAtvA madIyagRhapUraNArthaM lOkAnAgantuM pravarttaya|
24 for I tell you all that not one of those men who were invited will taste my dinner.’”
ahaM yuSmabhyaM kathayAmi, pUrvvanimantritAnamEkOpi mamAsya rAtribhOjyasyAsvAdaM na prApsyati|
25 One day, when great crowds of people were walking with Jesus, he turned and said to them:
anantaraM bahuSu lOkESu yIzOH pazcAd vrajitESu satsu sa vyAghuTya tEbhyaH kathayAmAsa,
26 “If any man comes to me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes and his very life, he can be no disciple of mine.
yaH kazcin mama samIpam Agatya svasya mAtA pitA patnI santAnA bhrAtarO bhagimyO nijaprANAzca, EtEbhyaH sarvvEbhyO mayyadhikaM prEma na karOti, sa mama ziSyO bhavituM na zakSyati|
27 Whoever does not carry his own cross, and walk in my steps, can be no disciple of mine.
yaH kazcit svIyaM kruzaM vahan mama pazcAnna gacchati, sOpi mama ziSyO bhavituM na zakSyati|
28 Why, which of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and reckon the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? —
durganirmmANE kativyayO bhaviSyati, tathA tasya samAptikaraNArthaM sampattirasti na vA, prathamamupavizya Etanna gaNayati, yuSmAkaM madhya EtAdRzaH kOsti?
29 For fear that, if he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish it, every one who sees it should begin to laugh at him,
nOcEd bhittiM kRtvA zESE yadi samApayituM na zakSyati,
30 and say ‘Here is a man who began to build and was not able to finish!’
tarhi mAnuSOyaM nicEtum Arabhata samApayituM nAzaknOt, iti vyAhRtya sarvvE tamupahasiSyanti|
31 Or what king, when he is setting out to fight another king, does not first sit down and consider if with ten thousand men he is able to meet one who is coming against him with twenty thousand?
aparanjca bhinnabhUpatinA saha yuddhaM karttum udyamya dazasahasrANi sainyAni gRhItvA viMzatisahasrEH sainyaiH sahitasya samIpavAsinaH sammukhaM yAtuM zakSyAmi na vEti prathamaM upavizya na vicArayati EtAdRzO bhUmipatiH kaH?
32 And if he cannot, then, while the other is still at a distance, he sends envoys and asks for terms of peace.
yadi na zaknOti tarhi ripAvatidUrE tiSThati sati nijadUtaM prESya sandhiM karttuM prArthayEta|
33 And so with every one of you who does not bid farewell to all he has — he cannot be a disciple of mine.
tadvad yuSmAkaM madhyE yaH kazcin madarthaM sarvvasvaM hAtuM na zaknOti sa mama ziSyO bhavituM na zakSyati|
34 Yes, salt is good; but, if the salt itself should lose its strength, what shall be used to season it?
lavaNam uttamam iti satyaM, kintu yadi lavaNasya lavaNatvam apagacchati tarhi tat kathaM svAduyuktaM bhaviSyati?
35 It is not fit either for the land or for the manure heap. Men throw it away. Let him who has ears to hear with hear!”
tada bhUmyartham AlavAlarAzyarthamapi bhadraM na bhavati; lOkAstad bahiH kSipanti|yasya zrOtuM zrOtrE staH sa zRNOtu|
